Purgatory / Dante ; translated, edited, and with an introduction by Anthony Esolen ; illustrations by Gustave Doré.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321.

Contributor:

Esolen, Anthony M.

Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Modern Library classics

The Modern Library classics

Standardized Title:

Purgatorio. English & Italian

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Purgatory--Poetry.

Purgatory.

Purgatory in literature.

Literature.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 497 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

Modern Library paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Library, 2004.

Language Note:

Text of Dante's Purgatory, English and Italian on facing pages.

Summary:

"The enjoyment of The Divine Comedy is a continuous process," observed T.S. Eliot. "It is not necessary to understand the meaning first to enjoy the poetry...our enjoyment of the poetry makes us want to understand the meaning." Arguably the greatest single poem ever written, The Divine Comedy presents Dante Alighieri's all-encompassing vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife. In the Purgatorio, Dante struggles up the terraces of Mount Purgatory, still guided by Virgil, in continuation of his difficult ascent to purity. "The clean force of the original comes through with astonishing success," said poet and translator Dudley Fitts in praise of John Ciardi's rendition of the Purgatorio. "Dante cannot speak in English, perhaps; but Ciardi has given us the next best thing--a credible, passionate persona of the poet, stripped of the customary guards of rhetoric and false decoration, strong and noble in utterance."

"From the Hardcover edition.

ISBN:

0812971256

9780812971255

OCLC:

54852058